Do-it-yourself UPS 388
Giampiero writes "Over at dansdata.com some guy named Dan creates a UPS out of some spare parts. To sum it up, "if you're looking for an industrial-capacity UPS solution, and don't like the prices of the off-the-peg options, it might be easier than you think to roll your own."" Of course you can mentally substitute U.S. 110 volts for Australian 220 volts wherever necessary...
Do it yourself UPS? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh ... um ... never mind.
Do-it-yourself UPS? It's been done. (Score:5, Funny)
TheFrood
I don't know... (Score:4, Funny)
On the other hand, would I get to wear the little shorts? Chicks seem to dig those.
Re:Expanding batteries (Score:5, Funny)
I Don't Know If I'd Want To (Score:2, Funny)
Note to MOCs (Moderators On Crack): not offtopic, as comment is based on a rather uncreative allusion to what I originally thought was the story's topic after first reading its subject line, before reading the body.
The guy sounds interesting. (Score:2, Funny)
It looks like he's tried this before. I wonder if he'll have an article on how to take apart your UPS and use it to scare pedestrians with a strobe.
D/\ Gooberguy
Home brewed UPS (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cheap UPS (Score:2, Funny)
A well-known power accessory company which shall, for obvious reasons, remain nameless* recently released a new model of their networked rackmount UPS, thereby necessitating a price reduction for the previous model. After some calculations by representatives of the nameless power accessory company*, it became evident that the exorbitant "official testing and certification" taxes charged by the state govt would, when the price reduction on existing stock was taken into account, mean that the company would barely break even on sales of the older, but just as fantastic, UPS units.
Outcome: the units got "misplaced".
Some quick emails and phonecalls went out, and guys-who-knew-guys-who-knew-guys made a series of surreptitious visits to the warehouse. Along with many others, I walked off with a direct-from-factory, unopened, 1400VA, DHCP-addressable, http-serving, rackmount UPS. Insane.
God bless bureaucracy!
*APCC
I love this guy (Score:2, Funny)
I bet he used to set fire to ants with magnifying glasses too. Not that I'd ever do anything like that. No-sireee. Stop looking at me!
110 vs 220 (Score:2, Funny)
Holy S#!t! And I thought the Canadian exchange rate was bad!
Re:Do-it-yourself UPS? It's been done. (Score:5, Funny)
I've even got a little portable touchpad for them to sign on, so it feels like the real thing.
If you really want it to feel like UPS Ground, shouldn't you kick the box around the back of the truck en route?
Grumble. (Score:1, Funny)
Godamnit, not everyone on the internet is a f**in American!! You know this whole global network thing, actually spans the globe, oh damnit nevermind.